Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own – and I realized that there was another world. That’s why I’m concerned about education, because it helps our children see other worlds.
BETTE MIDLERI’ve forbidden my daughter to have grandchildren, I’m too young.
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From a distance the world looks blue and green, and the snow-capped mountains white. From a distance the ocean meets the stream, and the eagle takes to flight. From a distance, there is harmony, and it echoes through the land. It’s the voice of hope, it’s the voice of peace, it’s the voice of every man
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Me, I’m just a hack. I’m just a schlep-per. I just do what I can do.
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I decided years ago not to read stories about myself anymore. Each one is a potential minefield: Whatever it says, you’re bound to take it the wrong way. Why do it if you know it’s going to make you miserable?
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I’ve forbidden my daughter to have grandchildren, I’m too young.
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If they [at the audition] don’t like the way you sound they won’t buy you anyway, ripped dress or no ripped dress, ass hanging out or no ass hanging out.
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When the movies first started, audiences were dumbstruck to see actresses walking around in evening gowns. They’d never seen anything like that. They wanted to be like those actors and actresses, so the movies informed their behavior.
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If only I’d known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.
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There’s a kind of emotional exploration you plumb with a friend that you don’t really do with your family.
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The outside world doesn’t have a lot to offer. You have to make your own heaven in your own home.
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Sometimes you have to make your own opportunities, and that’s why I’m on TV. I wasn’t going to sit around anymore, waiting for the damn phone to ring. I had to create my own place – I’ve always done that.
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Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week.
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A lot of people have no access to beauty. When I was growing up, my mother had only a few pretty things to look at.
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When I read that, I burst into tears. It was so generous and so basic. Not fluffy. I can’t understand why we scrimp on education and shortchange our kids. Why would the citizenry do that to the people who are going to inherit its republic?
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My parents have not insisted that we go to college, but she wanted us to learn. Teacher, librarian, secretary, nurse. All my siblings were employed. But I wanted to be the boss, an independent contractor.
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That’s the Oscars for ya – you remember who was nominated, but you don’t remember who won!
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